Compare and contrast
In this modern world of agenda media, it shouldn’t be surprising that last night’s “YouTube” debate on CNN turned out to include a number of questions from people misrepresenting their politics. I suppose one could claim CNN had no idea about that, but given the ease with which others have rooted out the claimers one has to wonder.
Debates in primary season are supposed to be a time for voters within a party to determine who will best represent them, not a time for opposing party activists to take pot-shots. Democratic candidates certainly did not have to put up with it at their CNN debate.
Then again, CNN being CNN, any Republican candidate who was not prepared for that kind of hijinks probably isn’t ready to be a conservative president in a country with a primarily left-leaning media. The fact is, they probably were prepared, and happily took part in the debate regardless of the fact they were unlikely to be treated with the “diamonds or pearls” treatment Democrats enjoyed.
The question is: What does this say about the Democratic Party? While Republicans willingly subject themselves to one network’s agenda, liberal candidates have boycotted another rather than face even the possibility of questions from the other side.
If Democrats are too fearful to appear on the one American news network that might challenge them - and forego the best ratings by far in cable news in the process - I find it hard to believe they are ready for the rigors of leading the most powerful, and most criticized, nation in the world.